Tactics: 2018 WYCC

[Event "WYCC U16g"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ouellet, Maili-Jade"]
[Black "Golsta, Ramona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 ({For the past 100 years, the most popular way to play
is to saddle Black with the IQP and press, as in these two games, played 100
years apart:} 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Rc8
14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Na7 18. Rfc1 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Rc8
20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Qc3 h6 $16 {White has the better minors. 1-0 (37) Lasker,
E-Showalter,J Chicago,IL 1918}) 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Qd3 $11 {1-0 (48) McShane,L 
(2669)-Pritchett,C (2274) Hull 2018}) ({Instead, allowing ...dxc4 results in a
symmetrical position, as in this very old game:} 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12.
Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. h3 (17. Ne4 $14
{freeing the Bb2 as MJ does in her game.}) 17... Qe7 18. Bb1 $6 (18. Ne4 $14)
18... Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (57) Staunton,H-De Saint Amant,P Paris 1843}) 10... dxc4
11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 ({The following was clearly a good lesson for Rubinstein,
who later turned this opening into a Great Game vs Rotlewi.} 12. Rd1 Qb6 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb1 Rc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 18. h4 $1 a5 19. h5
f5 20. hxg6 $1 hxg6 (20... fxe4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxe4+ $18) 21. Bxc6 $1 (21.
Qa2 $3) 21... Bxc6 22. Qa2 (22. Ne5 $1 Be8 23. Bd4 {Black has the Bs, but
White's minors and Rs are much better placed.}) 22... Bd5 23. Rxd5 $1 exd5 24.
Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Nd4 axb4 $2 26. Ne6 $1 $18 bxa3 27. Nxf8+ $4 (27. Qe5 $18 {
with mating threats and an extra attacker on c7.} Bf6 28. Nxf8+ Kg8 29. Qe8 {Only move.}
$18) 27... Bxf8 28. Bd4 Qc6 $19 {0-1 (40) Moewig,A-Rubinstein,A Barmen 1905})
12... Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 (14... Qb6 {looks like the safer square for
the Q.} 15. Qe2) 15. Rac1 h6 16. Ne4 $1 $14 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19.
Nd4 {There are a lot of forcing continuations here, and Black now goes
catastrophically wrong:} Bf6 $4 (19... Nxd4 $4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 $18 {only move to
save the Q and the Bb7.}) (19... Ne5 $2 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nxe6 $16) (19... Nb8
$1 20. Qf3 {and the upcoming trades should burn it down to equality.}) 20. Nxc6
$1 $18 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Bxc6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd6 {The pins wins.} 1-0

[Event "WYCC O14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Redzisz, Michal"]
[Black "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bg5 (8.
Nge2 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Ng3 a6 11. a4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Nxb5 c4 16. Nc3 Re8 17. h3 Bc8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rb1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3
21. b4 Qd4 22. Nb5 $4 Qh4 $1 $19 23. Kh2 Nxd5 $17 (23... Nh5 $3 24. Nxh5 Bxh3
$3 25. gxh3 Re2+) 24. f4 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Rf3 Bg4 $1 $19 27. Rxe3 Bxd1 28.
Rxd1 Qxf4 29. Re4 Qf2 30. Rxd3 Be5 31. Nxd6 Qc2 32. Rxe5 Qxd3 33. Nge4 Kf8 34.
Nb7 Qd4 {0-1 (34) Pelts,R-Shianovsky,V Kiev (Ukraine) 1964}) 8... h6 9. Bh4
exd5 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 (11... Nc6 $5)) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 Qb6
12. Qc2 $6 (12. Qd2) 12... Re8+ 13. Nge2 Ng4 $1 $17 {With the white Q on d2
White could castle 00 without suffering a fork on e3.} 14. Bf2 Bd4 $1 15. Bxd4
$2 cxd4 16. Nb5 (16. Nd1 Nc5 17. O-O (17. Bxg6 {fails to several moves,
including} fxg6) 17... Nxd3 $19 {leads to the same tactic we see in the game.})
16... a6 17. Na3 (17. Nbxd4 Qxd4) 17... Nc5 {Should White castle? If so, which
side?} 18. O-O (18. O-O-O {gives Black a choice of winning forks:} Nf2 (18...
Ne3)) 18... Nxd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Rxe2 $1 20. b3 (20. Qxe2 d3+ {leaves Black up a R.
}) 20... Bf5 21. Qf3 d3+ 22. Kh1 h5 23. c5 {.... maybe...?} Qxc5 $1 {Nope. He saw it.
} 0-1